Punchboard



J. E. KIMSEY Dec. 6, 1949 PUNCHBOARD 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 28, 1946 J. E. KIMSEY Dec. 6, 1949 PUNCHBOARD 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. 28, 1946 J 152K ime y INVENTOR.

Dec. 6, 1949 J. E. KIMSEY 2,490,689

PUNCHB OARD INVENTOR.

PUNCHBOARD Filed Feb. 28, 1946 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 [N V EN TOR.

Patented Dec. 6, 1949 PUNCHBOARD John Edwin Kimsey, Spokane, Wash, assignor to L. W. Kimsey and R. L. Kimsey, both of Spokane, Wash.

Application February 28, 1946, Serial No. 650,891

8 Claims.

This invention relates to punch boards.

An object of the invention is the provision of a game having all the mechanism housed within a transparent casing, with a punch board having a face in close association with a flat inner face of the casing, said board being adapted to be revolved manually so that a transparent slide may be moved diametrically of the revolving board for placing a perforation in the slide in alignment with any of the pockets on the board, whereby a wad is located in the selected pocket, which wad will operate a lever for opening a switch for releasing a locking device that is forced into engagement with a gear connected with the operating mechanism for rotating the punch board, and a rack attached to the transparent slide, so that after a single punch has been made, the apparatus will be locked against further playing until the mechanism has been released by the insertion of a coin in a slot.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a game having a manually rotatable punch board in close association with a face of a transparent housing, so that the operator may view the entire face of the punch board, said punch board having a plurality of radially arranged pockets, with each pocket being filled with a wad of paper having certain indicia thereon, a. horizontally disposed transparent slide being movable over the face of the punch board, so that a perforation in the board may be aligned with a selected pocket on the board, rotation of the punch board and the reciprocation of the slide cooperating to bring any of the pockets on the board in alignment with the perforation of the slide, so that the wad in the selected pocket may be punched therefrom, means in the casing and out of reach of the operator being employed for locking the rotatable board and the slide against unauthorized movement, until a coin has been inserted in a slot to cause release of the locking means, whereby the operator may rotate the punch board and reciprocate the slide to select a pre-determined pocket, means being employed in the casing and actuated by the punched wad for permitting the locking means to move into operative relation with the punch board and the slide, to prevent further movement of both the slide and the punch board.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a game in which a rotatable punch board is mounted within a transparent casing with the rotatable punch board cooperating with the transparent slide for selectively placing a pocket in the board in alignment with a perforation in the slide, the usual wad which is punched from the pocket setting in motion instrumentalities which will lock the punch board and slide against movement, the instrumentalities being released by the insertion of a coin, the arrangement being such that only one punch may be made for each coin inserted.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal view in elevation of a punch board constructed in accordance with the principle of my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 5.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 5.

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical section taken along the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the punch board partly in section with the cover broken away.

Figure 6 shows'more or less diagrammatically the electric circuits included in the machine.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l0 designates the base member from which rise end walls II and I2 and side walls l3 and I 4. As shown more particularly in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, a dome-shaped portion [5 is located centrally of a housing, which is constituted by the various elements just described. The side walls I3 and M are extended upwardly and are connected to the dome-shaped portion I5. The face of the housing may be formed with transparent material so that the operator may view the entire mechanism within the housing.

A punch board generally designated by the numeral 20 is mounted rotatably at the center of the housing, with one face 22 of the board in close association with the inner face of the front wall I3 of the housing. The punch board 20 is in the form of a drum, having a plurality of radially arranged pockets 23 which extend entirely through the board, and each pocket is filled with a wad of paper containing certain indicia which will advise the operator when the wad has been punched out of the pocket as to what award he will receive. These wads are adapted to be dropped within a container 24 which is located directly below the punch board.

The punch board is supported by rollers 25 which have a groove through which a gear 26 moves. In other words, the grooved rollers straddle the gear 26. Each of the rollers is supported by a shaitfl.

A gear A8 is secured to a shaft 2-9, which extends through the front wall l3 of the housing and a manipulating knob 30, secured to the projecting end of the shaft, so that said shaftmay be manually rotated for revolving the punch board as, for a purpose whichcwills'bespresently explained.

A gear 31 is also secured to the shaft 29 at the rear of the gear 28. A loclg-ingharjli glfiigure fi) has a tooth 33 adapted to engage between a pair of teeth of a slidably mounted ..raek-;34. This locking bar also has a tooth 35 adapted to eng a twecn arai io 1- cet w ethets a io I har flsisin this pos tion itsw uld-be rliopqs ibl q th eshe rzk hcrct esi iwould he nnesslh et r atethe-ounch bee diam A 1 9 ssfiqlllifidt sfih il w t t ea -ski operated by a solenoid 4| when;the cireui tl to thle ssel ze fl cl sed- In othe ewco rwhene lsolencid i rlen ei deth ilo si erh efl nil sb o itherewn -ne h cths .-sea 1:s3 ran th pe mi t mcat; :Q i h 134 g $23 int ph nem :ptcswtlr ex la ned- A paren shcorer easle zi rmeoiin the front face I3 of the housjgg agadis adapted iiiqaberrefii r t tqihonieoltlaliyssrs h t ane jferafliormcd in ih is idcw bemo ed over e pockets in-zth rennoh-..1a o a0. slid 4. 3m :zth ie crio zo itheshousingsso; that i y be moved sine-sna ls y @the :opcrator :IIBKQUSIIIQB. mao nu ationm gtne k ohss t'l. reins 48 extend between ithecsiide Aiandwack 3.4, :50 tha st ll-Q5 are connected :ior joint imovement. Thus, he-. rask, w en.loohedhyrbarfiZ,eprevents movemen Joy a plaver or i the slide. .=Si-nee ithe punch board mayrbemanilailyirotatedwhen the d ckin zhar e32 21135.1)56111'181fifi58d, the warious radial 3 lines of ;pockets may :be :placed :i-n w hor- .izontm .position and .;since :;the 3511118 iiS adapted eto be :.:recipro.cated :in la thori-zontal rplane; the perforation .46 @may be pkiced over any of =the .pooketacthrollgh gthel combined operations of a the rotatable.punchflcoard"2|!Lamigthe:slide fl's.

A ,coin chute 750 'fhas {its upper end in communication with a eoi-ns lot 5l in -a %top =52 ;of the or c "T ch t rtc s r'd wn e dl :e d-t m i e c ov sw c acl 52' .t rec i th coins i er e :ini th chute :5 Adja en e owe end o th chut Li s switchmcon ainins,thee inent zfiaan li- Whenacoini o sc nted in ..the lo -l. -.1 wil o d wn l i ,through the, chute iflandla s. it;pa ssesytheswitch, th l m n 1 nd twi rbe movedttcssthent {c os g n elec ric-circu whic wil 1P8 presently sl scribcdw ih rclay 5.1. margarineo nded atfihand 5 to h el c ri ci ui include {the switc 4 68 by means of the normally closed punch board contacts 65 and 66.

Switch element 54 is grounded while switch element 53 is electrically connected by a lead 62 5 to relay 5'! and switch element 63 and by a lead 60 to solenoid M. A lead 64 extends from solenoid 4| to current source 55.

;Switch.;elernent 6i is carried by the armature of lrelay- 51 and is connected electrically to the stationary element 65 of a switch.

The switch element 66 is connected to an arm 10 which is pivotally mounted at H within the housing. An arm or lever 12 extends from the garm lm at the pivot point H and in a horizontal directioninlineswith the horizontal movement with the ge ar;.3I land: the1teeth-of;the;.'rack :34

t pr vent fur her: rotati n of the; punchlboard ,20 andvreciprocation 9f-,t he slide. 45.

irtvet ns e mor 1 p icu arly to i ur s 3 :and ,2}, it will -;be seen :that 1 the rack 34 '15 supported o i -ism v o roller 1 wh h are'mQunted-io -otati n.;o sh fts lfiwcarriedgby h s i e wal oothe housing.

An opening 1,8, termed in ,the front wall i3, i a er with aneeeninsrin .th eohtain riz. th i s niaiw d i' n hed-1Qu o am0dset it-w droplint st co taine and fiak hroush the-open her i m be'rem vedqb t o e t r- ;The s a -,2 W wam =5 ii esun ortedzbr :th

,40 front wall 13 and depending ,-hrackets: 80. LSJQBYQS l, i-co n ed with =.-th sea 5 L and sleeves rconnectedwith the;gear-;28, retain thegearsfil -andi fi. esp ely ni-ali nmen wit thedeckir; sb ,-3 nd-thesee 25cm he-punch boa-1M0.

in ope ion@f-mv vic is a lto l wsr Whe -desi e onn rate hem .1 heard ,a co o uit l disse inat n is inserted thr ugh thei l SLeothat i wi ol zdownwarslly 'th achu zfifl and cl e th wsw chcelem nts i3 mel miiWh n..c.0 n chute: conta ts-are; closed by imeans qf a coin theyqsend;the-electric,cnrrentzto the. coil s andalsorse th relayzfil ;which;k ep h c ur .,60 :passing' through; the-hoardand opening thepunch rhoardicontactsit'la and 66. This cuts the-current sand ?the relay lswitch :opens to stop :the .flow :of current to-the= coil :4 I

a l-he qcircuitzisztraced .as/follows. Onthe temiporary closing .of :elements H53 and 54, current :flows'from sourcea through lead =64 to --so1enoid :4 l thence lthroughilead 60, thI'Ough closed elerments ".53 (and T54, and then returns =through ground. At the same time,:current fiows from theisource :55 i through lead 56 to relay 51, energizing; it-sand closing. contacts fi I :and' 63. Current flows through these. closed. contacts through the ;already closed -;cont acts265 and :66, and -returns ih 1Q1l h rQund @613. iWhenclements :53 -:8=Hd5.4

' to solenoid 4|, through leads 6t and 62 to the relay, and out of ground 68. The subsequent opening of contacts 65 and 66 as described above then opens the circuit. 7

The board cannot then be played until another coin starts the operation all over again.

The relay 5'! is so timed that it will maintain the circuit to the solenoid 4| closed a sufficient length of time to permit the operator to not only rotate the punch board 20, but to reciprocate the slide 45 for positioning the perforation 46 in the slide directly over a selected pocket, at the front face of the board 20.

When the wad is punched from the pocket in the board 20, it will engage the lever 12 as before stated and rock the same, causing the switch element 66 to be moved away from the switch e1ement 65, thereby breaking the circuit to the solenoid 4|. As soon as this happens, the spring 42 will force the locking bar 32 into operative engagement with the teeth of the gear 3! and the teeth of the rack 34. Thus further operation of the punch board and the slide 45 will be impossible until the operator inserts another coin in the slot 5i. In other words, the device is so constructed that the operator can only make a single punch for each coin inserted.

What is claimed is:

1. A game comprising a housing having a face part at least of which is transparent, said face being provided with an elongated slot, a transparent slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide being provided with a perforation, a board rotatably mounted adjacent the face behind the slot, the slide being slidable in the slot for positioning of the slide in front of the board for placing the perforation selectively over a point on the board which may be punched by an instrument inserted through the perforation, and means causing the rotating board to be held against further rotation when the punch has been completed.

2. A game comprising a housing having a face provided with an elongated slot, a transparent slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforation, a punch board rotatably mounted adjacent the face and provided with a plurality of pockets filled with wads, said slide being movable over the face for positioning the perforation over a selected pocket, so that a wad may be punched from said pocket, and means actuated by the wad when forced from the pocket for causing the slide and punch board to be held against movement.

3. A game comprising a housing having a face provided with an elongated slot, a transparent slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforation, a punch board rotatably mounted adjacent the face and provided with a plurality of pockets filled with wads, said slide being movable over the face for positioning the perforation over a selected pocket, so that a wad may be punched from said pocket, means. for locking normally the punch board and slide against movement, means causing release of the board and slide, and means actuated by the punched-out Wad for causing the locking means to retain both board and slide against movement.

4. A game comprising a housing having a face part at least of which is transparent, said face being provided with an elongated slot, a slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforaboard cooperating with the movable slide for selectively positioning the perforation over a pocket so that a wad may be punched from the pocket, a rack in the housing attached to the slide, a rotary means for operating the board, means normally engaging the rack and rotary means for preventing actuation of the slide and board, means releasing temporarily the engaging means, and means actuated by the punched wad for returning the engaging means to normal position.

5. A game comprising a housing having a face part at least of which is transparent, said face being provided with an elongated slot, a slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforation, a punch board rotatably mounted adjacent the transparent face and provided with a plurality of pockets filled with wads, said rotatable board cooperating with the movable slide for selectively positioning the perforation over a pocket so that a wad may be punched from the pocket, a rack in the housing attached to the slide, means causing rotation of the board, a gear included in said means, a bar having teeth at its opposite ends normally in engagement with the rack and gear for retaining the slide and board against movement, means causing temporary release of the bar from the rack and gear, and means actuated by the punched wad for returning the bar into engagement with the gear and rack.

6. A game comprising a housing having a face part at least of which is transparent, said face being provided with an elongated slot, a slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforation, a punch board rotatably mounted adjacent the transparent face and provided with a plurality of pockets filled with wads, said rotatable board cooperating with the movable slide, for selectively positioning the perforation over a pocket so that a wad may be punched from the pocket, a rack in the housing attached to the slide, means rotating the board and including a gear, a bar having teeth normally in engagement with the gear and rack for retaining the slide and board against operation, means including an electric circuit for causing release temporarily of the bar from the rack and gear when the circuit is closed, a switch in the circuit, means operated by the punched wad for opening the switch, and means returning the bar into engagement with the gear and rack when the circuit is broken.

7. A game comprising a housing having :a face part at least of which is transparent, said face being provided with an elongated slot, a slide mounted in the slot for sliding movement longitudinally of the slot, said slide having a perforation, a punch board rotatably mounted adjacent the transparent face and provided with a plurality of pockets filled with wads, said rotatable board cooperating with the movable slide for selectively positioning the perforation over a pocket so that a wad may be punched from the pocket, a rack in the housing attached to the slide, means rotating the board and including a gear, a bar having teeth normally in engagement with the gear and rack for retaining the slide and board against operation, an electric circuit, a magnetic means included in the circuit and when waaogoso e causingthe-flam- 'tcbewithdvawn from -the :gear and tick for finan-ual' actuation of the ='beard 23nd slide, -:ae SwitCh in I the cifcuit, means z'operated by -the epuiiched :wad for opening the switch, and 'means forcihg thebar into its normal *etigagement with the weekend gear "on opening *"o'fthe circuit.

fi "A game comprising a. -housing having ='a. face paint :at least of which :is transparent, said race itieinggptovided with an elongated slot, a

ing the bbeird ainki 'intlud-mg aagearfabar having 0 Number 'retain the slide'and-bcard against inovement, 'an eiectric circuit," a magnetic means included in the -circuit=-and when'energizedoausing the bar to be withdrawn from the gearandrack for manual operationof the board and'slide, a switch in the circuit, a lever having an-arm extendingalong the path of the perforation in the slide and adapted to be rocked by "a =punched wad, said lever beingeonneeted to the switch for opening the-same, a'nd aspring'for returning the bar into its normal engagement with the gear and rack when the circuit broken.

JOHN EDWIN KHVISEY.

REFERENtfEs CITED The follow-ing "references a're'of record in the file of thispitent:

"STATES PATENTS Name -Date 2,193,948 Thomnson et al. Mar. 19, 1940 

